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NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee today directed officials to ensure special seating arrangements for Leaders of Opposition in Parliament during functions at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The direction from Mukherjee came after top BJP leaders, who had attended an 'At Home' function on August 15, were reportedly upset over the seating arrangements in Rashtrapati Bhavan. "The President today directed for a special seating arrangements for Leaders of Opposition in Parliament on important functions held at Rashtrapati Bhavan ," President's Press Secretary Venu Rajamony said.

NEW DELHI: On a hectic day marking completion of one year in office, President PranabMukherjee on Thursday inaugurated a library and sports ground with a small regret that if he had come to RashtrapatiBhavan earlier he could have saved some structures from demolition. "I thank my team and Secretary Omita Paul for renovating this library (named after him). "I wish I could have come a little earlier and saved some (structures) from demolition and (they could)

NEW DELHI: Rashtrapati Bhavan, 7, RCR and Parliament complex have together incurred energy bills to the tune of over Rs 16 crore in the last fiscal, which is Rs two crore more than their consumption charges for 2008-09. "The combined electricity bill amount of the Rashtrapati Bhavan, Parliament complex and the Prime Minister's official residence is over Rs 16.33 crore," Chetan Kothari, an RTI petitioner said. Kothari, who is from Mumbai, had sought information regarding the units of electricity consumed and the amount of money spent towards electricity bills for the past four years.

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee will host a two-day conference of vice-chancellors of 39 central universities from February 4. Mukherjee has convened the conference for deliberating on action on previous recommendations; steps to create an eco-system for research and innovation with participation of industry and research institutions; capacity development of faculty, creating international and national networks, adoption of choice based...

NEW DELHI: Massive and unprecedented arrangements are being made for the swearing in of Narendra Modi as the 15th PM of India on the evening of May 26 at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Around 4,000 guests are expected to attend the ceremony. The last two occasions when swearing in of a PM was organised at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan was in 1990 when Chandrashekar was sworn in, and later in 1996 and 1998, when AB Vajpayee took oath as the PM. But even then, the guest list was not that long.

NEW DELHI: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was given a ceremonial reception in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan here this morning ahead of his crucial meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi . Abbott, who arrived here last evening after stopping over in Mumbai for a function, will be calling on President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari also. Abbott was accorded a ceremonial guard of honour at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan here.

NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee today celebrated his 79th birthday by inaugurating several public service projects and adding new chapters to his dream project of opening the portals of Rashtrapati Bhavan for the public. Mukherjee, who cut two birthday cakes, one with a group of elderly and another with specially-abled children inside the President's Estate, dedicated and unveiled a trove of 113 fine paintings, unseen till now, and they will be available for public viewing on the official website of the Bhavan.

NEW DELHI: Visitors to Rashtrapati Bhavan will now be able to get a glimpse of the Nobel Peace Prize received by child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi , who dedicated the honour to the nation by presenting his medal to President Pranab Mukherjee today. The medal was dedicated by Satyarthi to Mukherjee at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan. "He (Satyarthi) is doing very good job which has been recognised by the international community and in its recognition he has been given Noble Peace Prize.

NEW DELHI: Anil Ambani, Sunil Mittal, Prashant Ruia, Gautam Adani, Pawan Munjal and AM Naik will be among the 4,000 people expected to attend the grand celebrations at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday as Narendra Modi takes the oath of office as India's new Prime Minister. The event, the biggest of its kind ever held at Rashtrapati Bhavan since the country gained independence, will see eight heads of government or their delegations in attendance as three bands provide the musical accompaniment.

NEW DELHI: Twenty-seven years ago a rickshaw puller operating in the walled city would often visit Raisina Hills area to have a look at British-era buildings including Rashtrapati Bhavan without little knowing that one day he would be one of the guests at the Presidential palace. This is the story of 51-year-old Dharamveer Kamboj , a resident of Haryana, who is staying as a guest of President Pranab Mukherjee in Rashtrapati Bhavan, an honour bestowed on him for his innovation of a multi-purpose food processing machine which can extract juices or essence from herbs quickly.